Cheni Gold Plans Mill Start-up By Fall
With development and construction programs on schedule, Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) appear to be on track to begin commercial production from its wholly-owned Lawyers gold-silver mine during the fourth qua…
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Books in Review Who owns, controls Canadian firms
Statistics Canada has released its 1987 version of Inter-Corporate Ownership. This new edition offers financial analysts, investors and corporate executives the most recent, comprehensive and authorit…
Golden Sitka busy at Chichagof
Old mines have a habit of coming back to life and the Chichagof mine property 50 miles northwest may prove to be an example of that adage. The property is owned by Golden Sitka Resources (VSE) a Vanco…
Midas options Tisdale claims negotiates fire-sale deal
The troubled Tisdale joint venture is getting a new partner. Midas Minerals (TSE) has completed an agreement giving the company the right to earn a 60% interest at the fire-sale price of $2 million fr…
Nerco celebrates Con mine’s 50th
Nerco Minerals recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Con mine at Yellowknife. Mine officials and local residents marked the occasion at the Robertson headframe, the tallest structure in the …
Books in Review OGS publishes new book on gold
An 8-year study by the Ontario Geological Survey has culminated in publication of a new book about gold, titled Archean Lode Gold Deposits in Ontario. Underlining the importance of the book’s subject …
Books in Review Book on gold: how it’s found, how it’s mined
“One thing that has always saddened me is the apparent lack of knowledge that most people have about the actual process of finding a mine.” That lack of understanding as he saw it inspired John Gammon…
New assays from Dome Mtn. drilling
The comnies involved in the Dome Mountain gold-silver project east of Smithers, B.C., say they have obtained “very encouraging” gold and silver values from underground drilling over a 130-ft length of…
Costs at White mine approach break-even
Production costs at the Arthur White mine near Red Lake, Ont., averaged $510 per oz during the first half of this year, Cambior Inc (TSE) says. Current gold prices are about $525(C). Cambior, which so…
Editorial Bonus system not cause of minefatalities
There’s a disturbing pattern emerging in mine safety statistics. While lost-time accidents have shown a significant decline over the past several years, mine fatalities have not been reduced at all. I…
Gallactic boosts stake in Panorama Resources
It’s been a busy week for Galactic Resources (TSE). The company closed a series of related transactions valued at $39,375,000(US) with Homestake Mining, and more recently increased its stake in Panora…
Mobrun mill building interrupts production
At first it doesn’t quite compute, like seeing cows grazing on a city street or the Queen Mary lumbering for takeoff at an airport. But there it is, a 110-ft-high headframe smack in the middle of a fa…